Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-02
BEGINNING OF BASE BALL.
The Coming Week TO Inaugurate the Season
in the Capital City.
OMAHA AND LINCOLN CONTESTS.
Poor Management by the Mayor In
the Running OF the Police
Eorce-The Public
Sale OF Lots.

lFRoM TIE BEE's LIScoIN BUREAU.l
The present week will chro nicle the
opening league games of ball in Lincoln,
commencing with Wednesday, when the
Omaha club crosses bats with the Lin.
coins. These opening games will give
Lincoln people an opportunity OF show.
ing just how much they appreciate the
efforts to give them healthy outdoor
amuscments, and II q generous patron
age is shown in the commencement OF
the season the management Of the home
club will feel greatly encouraged. The
Lincoln base ball association have ele.
giant grounds for the summer. The
street car companies will use their best
efforts TO accommodate all patrons, and
for O pleasant carriage drive the ball
grounds are Just the right distance from
the city. Whether the home club wins
every game or not the sport will be ex-
cellent, and it is generally understood
that when Lincoln and Omaha meet at
any time during the season that the
meeting will be for blood. 1t is expected
that large number of Omaha parties
will be down to witness these opening
league games, and 1t will all contribute
to make it especially interesting. Some
new players will also appear in the Lin.
coin nine for the first time.
POOR MANAGEMENT.
Nothing whatever is lacking to show
the very poor management the mayor is
exercising in running the police force
without giving the chief any power in the
premises and without giving the council
committee on police an opportunity to
exercise their influence in the matter.
Chief Cooper could build up an efficient
force if he had the opportunity, and he
has had experience in such matters, but
powers OF appointment and removal
Chief Cooper can neither do himself or
the public justice. Mr.. Cooper recog-
nizes the fact that some of the mayors
selections rs policemen are totally unfit
for such service, and Councilman Burks,
chairman OF the council committee on
police, recognizes the same state Of facts,
but thus far their efforts to right mat
ters have been unavalling. The night
police force g Differed by man who is
rs totally unfit IN every particular for
efficient service as could be found, and
who ought to have been removed months
ago on general principles. The spectacle
f % policeman sna s5rsstng a deputy 'Rss
q fair example of some of the
day force, and to cap the climax.
ii Is stated that the mayor has given en-
ployment to Detective Pound, the mana
ger of the state house episode, who is to
act as detective for this elegant force and
point out the violations. All these ridi-
bringing the force into disrepute among
the better class of citizens and the crooks
and toughs continue to flock to the city
for harvest time. Meanwhile, Chief
Cooper will be expected, by those unac-
Quainted with the facts, to do efficient
work with the motley crowd of wholly
inexperienced men that the mayor holds
under him.
THE FIRST PUBLIC SALE.
The first auction sale of Lincoln real
estate took place Saturday under the
management of Ciudeus Il Bonnell. This
is a method of selling that has met with
success often in older cities and its in
1ul. A band in the circus wagon parad.
ed the streets and led the way to the
different places where lots were sold,
followed by about 200 people in carriages.
The sale as whole must have been
satisfactory to the projectors, some of the
lots selling at handsome figure and
others netted the purchasers special
bargains. A few of the sales will give
Lincoln people an idea of the sales as a
whole The lot on the southwest corner
of p and Ninth streets, 25x142, sold 10 o.
w. Webster for $10,60O, handsome
price for Il handsome piece of property.
The Winger lot, on the southwest corner
same purchaser at $4,000, but it is
understood that Captain Winger gave
s4OO on the spot for the release Of the
sale. Two lots north of the tracks that
were on bottom ground sold for from
bl,2oO to 800 each. and the next sale
was a lot on U street, between Nineteenth
and Twentieth, a fifty foot lot, and 1t was
figures for which it sold to Mrs. Skin.
ner. A lot on l. and Nineteenth. with a
good two story frame house, broaght
$500. J. L. Ryan being the purchaser,
and two vacant lots on Seventeenth and
K SOLD to c. E. Loomis for co. 300. Two
lots on N and Nineteenth brought an
lot on + near Twentieth sold for the
neat sum of $265, while the residence
property of f. p. Roggen was purchased
by }. Z. Mcbride for $6.1OO.
ABOUT THE CITY.
The needs of city hospital have been
made manifest in the past two days in
= from the house in which she was being
cared for, and in the case OF the man
who had his skull cracked with hatohet
and who was cared for in the council
chamber Something ought TO be done
and that speedily for the sick and desti.
tute in Lincoln.
Postmaster Watkins suggests a good
policy for the city to adopt and that IL
for it annually 70 set aside sum oi
money to expend on the park in the
government square. The national gov
ernment will not appropriate money fol
decorative purposes, and If the park here
is made what it should be the city will
have to assist. Personal contributions
have been made heretofore for the pur
pose, but for permanent work the city
should lend yearly assistance.
County Attorney II. d. Stearns has
been absent from the city the past week
Ostensibly on a visit aaafwarA with ur